Originally Posted by Bertie Thruster
A wheeled undercarriage helicopter can climb from brakes off to 5000ft quicker than any wheeled undercarriage piston fixed wing.
I once challenged a Mirage pilot to a race to 5000' - I was in a B-model Huey.
He sneered, but refused to accept the challenge, because one condition was that the race was from a standing start, outside the aircraft, which was to be parked in the lines!
